How to Scale from 0 to 100 Employees with Speedinvest’s Markus Lang
Scaling a SaaS company from 0 to 100 employees isn’t easy. Markus Lang at Speedinvest shares the top 10 golden rules for companies to successfully scale.
Dear SaaStr: Can I Position My Startup To Be Acquired By The Likes of Google, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.?
Dear SaaStr: Can I Position My Startup To Be Acquired By The Likes of Google, Salesforce, Adobe, etc.? No. But … Sort of. What I’ve learned being on both sides of acquisitions, and being a 2x acquired founder — is: There is a List. There’s an...
The 3 Secret Ingredients for Scaling to $100M ARR with Bitly CEO and CPO
Bitly CEO Toby Gabriner and CPO Kelsey Stevenson share lessons learned in scaling and things they could have done differently on the journey to $100M ARR.
Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with Mailchimp Co-Founder Ben Chestnut
Ben Chestnut, Mailchimp’s Co-Founder, talks Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR and their $12B Acquisition with SaaStr Founder & CEO Jason Lemkin
Dear SaaStr: Is It Normal for a Startup to Not Disclose Burn Rate and Other Details to its Employees?
Dear SaaStr: Is It Normal for a Startup to Not Disclose Burn Rate and Other Details to its Employees? It really varies, but in my ecosystem, I’ve seen more transparency over the years, which is good. Transparency builds trust: I’m 100.00% in favor of...
5 Tips On How to Handle Acquisition Talks
Dear SaaStr: What should I know about getting acquired? My top 5 tips: #1. Listen more. Talk less (on the target side). It’s very difficult to invent an acquisition. It’s almost impossible to create one, though it happens sometimes. Listen and learn. ...
Dear SaaStr: Do Shares Get “Forward Vested in an Acquisition?
Dear SaaStr: Do Shares Get “Forward Vested in an Acquisition? Stock vesting is accelerated very rarely in an acquistion. In 95%+ of cases, the acquirer wants folks to keep vesting just as before — or more so. Even where the option agreements or bylaws or...
Dear SaaStr: What is a “Good” Exit Strategy for a SaaS Company Raising a Seed Round?
Dear SaaStr: From An Investor’s Perspective, What is a “Good” Exit Strategy/Plan for a SaaS Company That’s Raising a Seed Round? Ok, people are going to tell you not to have a slide or discussion on an “exit strategy” and they are...
Top 10 GTM Mistakes Founders Are Making Today with SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin walks through the Top 10 GTM Mistakes Founders Make Today when and some cheat codes to avoid them.
How to Run All Hands Meetings the Right Way with Guru Founder and CEO Rick Nucci
How do you build a culture of openness and collaboration as your company scales? Founder and CEO of Guru, Rick Nucci, and previously founder of Boomi, on track to IPO soon at $200m+ ARR, shares how to run all-hands meetings the right way. Guru is about a decade old...
Dear SaaStr: What Were the Biggest Mistakes You Made Getting Your Startups Going?
Dear SaaStr: What Were the Biggest Mistakes You Made Getting Your Startups Going? The biggest two mistakes I made, I made twice, maybe thrice. They were: One, starting with too incomplete a management team. In my first start-up, while the core 3 co-founders were...
Dear SaaStr: Have You Ever Made a Very Risky Investment That Paid Off Big Time?
Dear SaaStr: Have You Ever Made a Very Risky Investment That Paid Off Big Time? Yes. In my first start-up, the VCs pulled our term sheet between signing and closing. They had a legitimate reason — our COO had pulled out of the deal. Which was my fault, for recruiting...
The Top 5 Secrets for Building Great Products with Leaders at Slack, Rubrik, and Grammarly
Chief Product Officers from Slack, Rubrik and Grammarly dive into the top 5 secrets to building great products and talk alignment, roadmaps and vision
Dear SaaStr: What Happens When One Founder Invests Cash and The Others Don’t?
Dear SaaStr: What Happens When One Founder Invests Cash and The Others Don’t? In both my start-ups, I was the only co-founder that invested cash. It didn’t matter that much, but. First, you often can get reimbursed in the first venture round — if amount is small...
What’s Happening in B2B SaaS in 2024 and Beyond with Zapier CEO Wade Foster and SaaStr CEO Jason Lemkin
SaaStr Founder and CEO, Jason Lemkin, and Zapier CEO, Wade Foster, sit down with Casey Hill to discuss the future of B2B SaaS in 2024 and beyond.
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